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Kathryn Riis; Brittany Samulski; Kristina A. Neely; Patricia Laverdure – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2025
Clinical anxiety is a common comorbidity in autistic people. Due to the prevalence of anxiety in the autism population and the adverse effects it causes, there is a critical need to develop effective interventions which address anxiety symptoms for autistic people. Therefore, the purpose of this systematic review was to examine the effectiveness…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Intervention, Physical Activities
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Siddharth Srivastava; Kristina Johnson; Cristan Farmer; Tess Levy; Audrey Thurm; Latha Valluripalli Soorya; Rajna Filip-Dhima; Aisling Quinlan; Jonathan A. Bernstein; Elizabeth Berry-Kravis; Craig M. Powell; Joseph D. Buxbaum; Mustafa Sahin; Alexander Kolevzon – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2025
Phelan-McDermid syndrome (PMS), caused by "SHANK3" haploinsufficiency, lacks natural history data. We report the trajectory of adaptive behavior from a prospective, longitudinal, natural history study. English-speaking people aged 3-21 years with a PMS molecular diagnosis were followed over 2 years. We analyzed longitudinal Vineland…
Descriptors: Genetic Disorders, Children, Adolescents, Young Adults
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Elise Ng-Cordell; Hannah Pickard; Rachael Bedford; Annie Richard; Anat Zaidman-Zait; Lonnie Zwaigenbaum; Eric Duku; Teresa Bennett; Stelios Georgiades; Isabel M. Smith; Tracy Vaillancourt; Peter Szatmari; Mayada Elsabbagh; Connor M. Kerns – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2025
Anxiety has been associated with social communication and interaction differences among autistic children. We sought to clarify the direction of these associations longitudinally, and test executive function as a moderator. Participants were autistic children (N = 157; 15% female, 85% male) engaged in a longitudinal study. Analyses focused on two…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Anxiety, Preadolescents, Interpersonal Communication
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Michelle L. Stransky; Laneva Cobb; Nina Menon; Emily Barnard; Cynthia Belfleur; Lawrence Scahill; Jocelyn Kuhn – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2025
The National Institute of Mental Health created the National Database for Autism Research (NDAR) to accelerate autism knowledge through data sharing and collaboration. However, our experience using NDAR reveals systematic challenges across several aspects of data submission, selection, management, and analysis that limit utility of this resource.…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Adjustment (to Environment), Diagnostic Tests, Observation
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Marie Antoinette Hodge; Rebecca Sutherland; Kelsie A. Boulton; Sarah Jane Baracz; Natalie Ong; Beverley Bennett; Adam J. Guastella; Natalie Silove – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2025
Studies have shown that there are differences between the presentations of males and females diagnosed with autism. There remains a developing understanding about how the presentation of autism differs between boys (hereafter referred to as 'assigned males at birth') and girls (assigned females at birth). This study sought to investigate the…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Children, Gender Differences
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Jennie Sotelo-Orozco; Irva Hertz-Picciotto – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2025
Investigate the association between gastrointestinal (GI) issues and psychometric scores among children with developmental delays and typical development. We examined the association between GI issues and the Mullen Scale of Early Learning (MSEL), Vineland Adaptive Behavior Subscales (VABS), and Aberrant Behavior Checklist (ABC) scores from…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Physiology, Developmental Delays, Down Syndrome
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Devender R. Banda; Stephanie L. Hart – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2025
The BCBA Task List (5th and 6th Edition) requires behavior analysts are familiar with multiple assessment methods, including tools to assess the function of problem behaviors and assess skill strengths and deficits. Although several studies exist on the assessment of functions using indirect functional assessments, descriptive functional…
Descriptors: Applied Behavior Analysis, Behavior Problems, Capital (Sociology), Student Characteristics
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Laurel R. Benjamin; Aubyn C. Stahmer; Anna Lau; Lauren Brookman-Frazee – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2025
This study sought to characterize caregiver concerns for autistic children receiving care in two public service systems--schools and mental health programs--and to identify child and family characteristics associated with these concerns. Caregivers of 353 school-age autistic children in mental health services (n = 192) or schools (n = 161) named,…
Descriptors: Caregiver Attitudes, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Children, Students with Disabilities